It sort of looks like Jesus Christ left His truck parked on the Memphis riverfront back in May of 2011. I took this photo as the water was approaching its crest level of 48.03 feet on the Memphis gauge that month. The highest level we see in most years is lower than 40 feet, and this landscape, a parking lot on Mud Island just south of the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, is high and dry.
Right now we're watching the river rise again, with the current forecast calling for a crest of 41 feet at the end of this week. You won't have to be the Messiah to park here at that level.
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